Mutliple Choice Quiz

A change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure is

A)

compliance.

B)

conformity.

C)

acceptance.

D)

reactance.

2

Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with social pressure while privately disagreeing is

A)

compliance.

B)

acceptance.

C)

obedience.

D)

reactance.

3

Conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure is

A)

compliance.

B)

cohesiveness.

C)

obedience.

D)

acceptance.

4

Sherif's study using autokinetic phenomenon suggest

A)

compliance.

B)

acceptance.

C)

obedience.

D)

reactance.

5

An accomplice of the experimenter is

A)

confederate.

B)

partner.

C)

colleague.

D)

associate.

6

In Asch's study of conformity involving the length of lines, naïve participants conformed ___ of the time

A)

20 percent

B)

47 percent

C)

37 percent

D)

61 percent

7

According to the text, the most famous and controversial experiments of social psychology are

A)

Asch's conformity experiments.

B)

Milgram's obedience experiments.

C)

Smith and Dunn's reactance experiments.

D)

Berg's compliance experiments.

8

When Milgram moved his experiment from Yale to Bridgeport, the number of people who complied

A)

decreased from 63 percent to 25 percent.

B)

decreased from 63 percent to 13 percent.

C)

decreased from 63 percent to 48 percent.

D)

remained about the same.

9

The training of tortures by the military junta in Greece illustrates

A)

the compliance effect.

B)

cohesiveness effect.

C)

the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.

D)

reactance phenomenon.

10

In a study at Penn State, what percentage of students said they would ignore sexist statements?

A)

5 percent

B)

12 percent

C)

32 percent

D)

51 percent

11

According to the text, people will nearly always voice their convictions if

A)

if two other people have done so.

B)

if one other person has done so.

C)

if more than two people have done so.

D)

none of the above.

12

The extent to which members of a group are bound together is

A)

unity.

B)

harmony.

C)

cohesiveness.

D)

agreement.

13

Conformity based on a person's desire to fulfill others' expectations is

A)

nominal influence.

B)

informational influence.

C)

normative influence.

D)

indirect influence.

14

Conformity that results from accepting evidence about reality provided by others is

A)

informational influence.

B)

nominal influence.

C)

direct influence.

D)

normative influence.

15

A motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom is

A)

dissonance.

B)

pride.

C)

self-worth.

D)

reactance.

16

Milly comes from a Black family, has two brothers, and was born in New York. One parent is a teacher and the other is a postman. If you asked Milly to tell us about herself, she would most likely say she

A)

has two brothers.

B)

comes from a Black family.

C)

born in New York.

D)

one parent is a teacher.

17

Which country had the highest conformity percentage when Asch's conformity experiment was conducted overseas?

A)

Lebanon

B)

Hong Kong

C)

the Bantu of Zimbabwe

D)

Brazil

18

Increasing the size of a group from 2 to _____is likely to produce the greatest increase in conformity.